The Virginia Department of Social Services and VCU’s Rams in Recovery partnered to develop a virtual training and resource center, www.RecoveryAllyVDSS.com, focused on substance use disorder (SUD) for the VDSS workforce, the public, and community partners. 

Training topics include:

• Recovery Ally

• Worker Self-Care

• Relatives & Fictive Kin

• People with Lived Experience and Peer Recovery Specialists (PRS)

• Racial Equity

• Connecting Clients to Resources

Check out the PDF below for more information! You can watch a training video, use one of the included tools, learn best practices, access practice scenarios, or reach out to us to design a specific package of capacity building modules. 

Please share this email and one-pager widely with your networks, teams, and co-workers. 

For specialized support catered to your team’s needs, contact Stephen Wade, stephen.wade@dss.virginia.gov to set up a consultation. 

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